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QR Challenge: Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

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1. Why is our scientist named Zany the Scientist? What does "ZANY" mean? Find out by going to our display dictionaryZany means very strange and silly.
2. Zany means very strange and silly. Our scientist needs filtered water for his experiment. What did Scientist Zany get with his filtered water? Hint: find our tank of filtered water.One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.
3. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish! No, Scientist Zany, you do not need fish with your filtered-tank water! Scientist Zany is going to now perform an experiment with plants. Go to the corner area of our library where we have two trees. What has Scientist Zany done?He has turned himself green with tree chlorophyll!
4. Scientist Zany has turned himself green with tree chlorophyll! Silly Scientist!Scientist Zany needs to read some science books. Go to the back of the library where there is a display of book lists. What is the name of the author of the science books that Scientist Zany will read?Seymour Simon.
5. Seymour Simon is the name of the author of Science books. Scientist Zany has decided that he can clone himself. He thinks that he can use the library's copy machine. Oh no! What has he done? Find him and see.He has not cloned himself, he has only made copies of his own picture.
6. He has not cloned himself. He has only made copies of his own picture! Scientist Zany needs some help. You will find Scientist Zany in the library's Science Fiction area, near the book titled, GEORGE'S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE. Find him at J SCI F HAW. Scientist Zany has learned about Cosmic Dust. What did he bring with him?A feather duster.
7. A feather duster! No, no Scientist Zany. One does not need a feather duster to study about Cosmic Dust in outer space! Cosmic Dust is different than the dust on a shelf. It consists of grains of matter in outer space. Did you know that Scientist Zany has two children? He brought his children to his science lab to perform a very special experiment together. Scientist Zany's wife visited the lab. What did Scientist Zany have to tell his wife? Go to the PARENTING section of our library and find Scientist Zany with his children."Honey, I shrunk the kids!"
8. "Honey, I shrunk the kids!" Scientist Zany is really zany. He needs a rest from all of his silly misadventures with science experiments. You will find him where we store the ATLASES. Find out to what city he has traveled and write down what the name of the city means.Eureka, California. The word EUREKA comes from a Greek word and it means I HAVE FOUND IT.
9. Scientist Zany has traveled to Eureka, California. The word "Eureka" comes from a Greek word and it means I HAVE FOUND IT! Yes, you have found our last answer to our scavenger hunt. Now, write this answer down on your answer sheet and go to the Reference desk and claim your prize. You will also receive an entry to enter our Raffle.Eureka

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why-is-our-scientist-named-Zany-the-Scientist?-What-does-"ZANY"-mean?-Find-out-by-going-to-our-display-dictionary

Question 1 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Zany-means-very-strange-and-silly.-Our-scientist-needs-filtered-water-for-his-experiment.-What-did-Scientist-Zany-get-with-his-filtered-water?-Hint:-find-our-tank-of-filtered-water.

Question 2 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=One-fish,-two-fish,-red-fish,-blue-fish!-No,-Scientist-Zany,-you-do-not-need-fish-with-your-filtered-tank-water!-Scientist-Zany-is-going-to-now-perform-an-experiment-with-plants.-Go-to-the-corner-area-of-our-library-where-we-have-two-trees.-What-has-Scientist-Zany-done?

Question 3 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Scientist-Zany-has-turned-himself-green-with-tree-chlorophyll!-Silly-Scientist!Scientist-Zany-needs-to-read-some-science-books.-Go-to-the-back-of-the-library-where-there-is-a-display-of-book-lists.-What-is-the-name-of-the-author-of-the-science-books-that-Scientist-Zany-will-read?

Question 4 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Seymour-Simon-is-the-name-of-the-author-of-Science-books.-Scientist-Zany-has-decided-that-he-can-clone-himself.-He-thinks-that-he-can-use-the-library's-copy-machine.-Oh-no!-What-has-he-done?-Find-him-and-see.

Question 5 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He-has-not-cloned-himself.-He-has-only-made-copies-of-his-own-picture!-Scientist-Zany-needs-some-help.-You-will-find-Scientist-Zany-in-the-library's-Science-Fiction-area,-near-the-book-titled,-GEORGE'S-SECRET-KEY-TO-THE-UNIVERSE.-Find-him-at-J-SCI-F-HAW.-Scientist-Zany-has-learned-about-Cosmic-Dust.-What-did-he-bring-with-him?

Question 6 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-feather-duster!-No,-no-Scientist-Zany.-One-does-not-need-a-feather-duster-to-study-about-Cosmic-Dust-in-outer-space!-Cosmic-Dust-is-different-than-the-dust-on-a-shelf.-It-consists-of-grains-of-matter-in-outer-space.-Did-you-know-that-Scientist-Zany-has-two-children?-He-brought-his-children-to-his-science-lab-to-perform-a-very-special-experiment-together.-Scientist-Zany's-wife-visited-the-lab.-What-did-Scientist-Zany-have-to-tell-his-wife?-Go-to-the-PARENTING-section-of-our-library-and-find-Scientist-Zany-with-his-children.

Question 7 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text="Honey,-I-shrunk-the-kids!"-Scientist-Zany-is-really-zany.-He-needs-a-rest-from-all-of-his-silly-misadventures-with-science-experiments.-You-will-find-him-where-we-store-the-ATLASES.-Find-out-to-what-city-he-has-traveled-and-write-down-what-the-name-of-the-city-means.

Question 8 (of 9)

 


Scientist Zany Scavenger Hunt: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Scientist-Zany-has-traveled-to-Eureka,-California.-The-word-"Eureka"-comes-from-a-Greek-word-and-it-means-I-HAVE-FOUND-IT!-Yes,-you-have-found-our-last-answer-to-our-scavenger-hunt.-Now,-write-this-answer-down-on-your-answer-sheet-and-go-to-the-Reference-desk-and-claim-your-prize.-You-will-also-receive-an-entry-to-enter-our-Raffle.

Question 9 (of 9)